Once a 15th-century Franciscan monastery, Chiostro Delle Monache is just outside Volterras Etruscan walls, next to the Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Maria Maddalena hospital It offers en suite rooms, 2 free parking areas, and an original period cloister The rooms at Delle Monache are simply furnished, and feature tiled floors and wooden furniture On site you will find a cafe, a reading room and a TV lounge Free Wi-Fi access is available in these public areas There is also a childrens play area Breakfast is served in a frescoed room, where you can also have dinner on request The monastery was built in 1445, along with the adjacent Church of Saint Girolamo The cloister is by Michelozzo, a sculptor and architect in Donatellos workshop The property is 1 km from Volterras Porta a Selci gateway, and about an hours drive from Pisa, Florence and Siena Public buses stop outside the entrance